Week 9 Reading Notes: More Mahabarata (B)


Howdy again everyone, NitroDubbz here.

Today I'm back again with my reading notes on the Mahabharata (condensed R. C. Kincaid version).

So the Pandava brothers are almost through with their year of exile and now go into disguise in the court of king Virata. Prince Kichaka tries to seduce Draupadi, so she asks him to meet her in the dance hall at night and then Bhima chokes him to death and rolls him up into a ball like Katamari. Draupadi watches from the darkness for some reason, and then tells everyone that her husband, an immortal, is the one who killed prince Kichaka, in order to avoid blowing her and her husband's cover.

Then they are going to burn Draupadi in prince Kichaka's funeral pyre because they do that sometimes in India, and Kichaka's relatives are really angry at her. But Bhima kills the funeral procession and sets her free. Duryodhana hears of Kichaka's death and decides to attack King Varata's kingdom. The battle takes place pretty much the same as the longer Mahabharata, except it ends with all of the brothers and cousins being united in heaven, which is a much happier ending than with Yudhistira mourning his entire family after the battle and regretting becoming a king.

Well, that's all for today folks. Until next time, I'm NitroDubbz.

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